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* [PATCH] fs/locks.c: Remove stale FIXME left over from BKL conversion
@ 2011-02-27 13:58 Matt Fleming
  2011-02-27 17:11 ` Arnd Bergmann
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Matt Fleming @ 2011-02-27 13:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Arnd Bergmann; +Cc: Matthew Wilcox, Andrew Morton, linux-fsdevel, linux-kernel

From: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@linux.intel.com>

The comment is no longer true as (now that the BKL conversion is
finished) a spinlock _is_ now used to protect file_lock_list,
blocked_list and inode->i_flock.

Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@linux.intel.com>
---
 fs/locks.c |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index 0f39982..822c3d1 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(file_lock_lock);
 
 /*
  * Protects the two list heads above, plus the inode->i_flock list
- * FIXME: should use a spinlock, once lockd and ceph are ready.
  */
 void lock_flocks(void)
 {
-- 
1.7.4


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* Re: [PATCH] fs/locks.c: Remove stale FIXME left over from BKL conversion
  2011-02-27 13:58 [PATCH] fs/locks.c: Remove stale FIXME left over from BKL conversion Matt Fleming
@ 2011-02-27 17:11 ` Arnd Bergmann
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Arnd Bergmann @ 2011-02-27 17:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Matt Fleming; +Cc: Matthew Wilcox, Andrew Morton, linux-fsdevel, linux-kernel

On Sunday 27 February 2011, Matt Fleming wrote:
> From: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@linux.intel.com>
> 
> The comment is no longer true as (now that the BKL conversion is
> finished) a spinlock _is_ now used to protect file_lock_list,
> blocked_list and inode->i_flock.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@linux.intel.com>

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

in case anyone wants to pick it up.

Otherwise I'll queue it along with my BKL removal patches.

Thanks,

	Arnd


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